"The best style is the least noticeable."

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Source : Hallie Southgate Burnett, Whit Burnett (1979). “Fiction Writer's Handbook”, HarperCollins Publishers

Whit Burnett

“Gandhi was right: if we all live by 'an eye for an eye' the whole world will be blind. The only way out is forgiveness.”
“You know why you hate me so much, Jeffery? Because I look the way you feel.”
“Yes, but I have to say this: the band is going to decide where the band plays.”
“I used to work in jobs I hated because I needed the money to buy a guitar. I know what it feels like to be depressed. On the other hand, I also know what it feels like to have money, to be successful, to be independent, but I can tell you that money and success never solve your problems.”

Source : Interview with Gabriella for NY Rock Magazine, October 1, 1999.
“Throw me to the wolves and I shall return leading the pack.”
“Some men's wit is like a dark lantern, which serves their own turn and guides them their own way, but is never known (according to the Scripture phrase) either to shine forth before men, or to glorify their Father in heaven.”
“God does watch over us and does notice us, but it usually through someone else that he meets our needs.”
“Everyone was saying, "Oh, Chumbawamba, they're crap, can't get arrested." But we had absolute faith in what we were doing, so we put our heads down and made the best album we possibly could. Then we got a deal based on the final product.”

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